Michael Lee Phillips graduated from Fresno State College. His book, Nights of Naked Mannequins (Austin Hall Press) was published in 2010. His poetry has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Cutthroat, Main Street Rag, The Literary Review, The New York Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review,The Stinging Fly and many other journals. He is retired (teaching) and lives and writes in Ridgecrest, California.